An ethnic group very keen on preserving their tradition sre the Mon descendents at Bang Kradi. The Mon temple at Bang Kradi was built in late-Rama lV’s reign.
The presiding image is in the early-Rattanakosin Period Other artifacts include a standing image in Mon style carved from one whole log. A bell-shaped pagoda in the temple is also in Mon style. A hemsa pillar stands to addition to these artistic features, people in the community still use the Mon dialect and still observe several ghost-hom-age traditions. On the traditional Thai New Year (Songkran in mid-April), there is a homage ceremony for Bang Kradi spirits at the village ground, with the traditional fun game of saba at night.
Bang Kradi also possesses a folk museum in the compound of the monda Family. This is a small musical instruments, scriptures in the Mon language, and some terra-cotta pottery pieces unearthed from the riverbank. |
